[C]I knew that when I [F] saw her that my [C] life would soon move [F] over from the [C] fast [F] lane [C] [F] [C] [F] [C] Gone would be the [F] days of all my [C] drinking and my [F] carryin' on [C] [F] [F] [C] But when I [F] settled down [C] the party [F] king uncrowned [C] the stubborn [F] memory hadn't [C] fade [F] d [C] Too many [F] dumb mistakes [C] and all the [F] grief it makes [C] Left nothin' [F] else to be [C] deba [F] ted [G] And if you underst [Dm7] and that you're [C] ly [F] ing [C] [F] [G] But if you figure out that [Dm7] I'm alright Now I can't [C] deny [F] it [C]
Chorus [F] Baby's comin' back [G] Baby's comin' back So I'm [Am] on my best behaviour I can't [F] take it anymore I just [G] woke up on the floor to [Am] day I've [F] long run out of my last [G] chances but she's on her way [C] [F]
[C] If I had a [F] dollar for every [C] single time I [F] fought her I'd buy a [C] hand[F] gun [C] [F] [C] But that couldn't [F] shoot away the [C] bullseye that she [F] made on my [C] heart [F] [C] [F] [G] And if I sound like a [Dm7] beaten man well I [C] guess [F] so [C] [F] [G] but on her way is the [Dm7] sweetest price and I cant [C] let [F] go [C]
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Break [Am] What I told her on the telephone was that [G] I'd been so bad [F] [Am] I wouldn't blame her is she mowed down the wild oats [G] I'd sown [F] But when she [C] said she'd give me one more [F] chance I said [G] knock three times [N.C.] when you arrive